Fistula Ep 1: Jackline's Story
Safaricom Newsroom1 Elo 2025

Fistula Ep 1: Jackline's Story

When Jackeline Onderi was wheeled into the delivery ward in 2008, her mind was fixed on one thing- the bundle of joy that she would help usher into the world. All those memories borne out of the heartache she and her husband carried in search of another child seemed all too distant.

Finally, the Onderis would have another arrow in their quiver. A second child to bear their family name with pride. At the time, she did not know that the new life she was about to usher into the world would come at great personal sacrifice.

That night, as she pushed to bring a life into the world, a piece of her would die. Altering her existence in ways unimaginable.

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